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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
James N. Thompson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Clifford H. Ray, Fulshear, TX (US);
Glenn D. Fisseler, Houston, TX (US);
Roger L. Fyffe, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James N. Thompson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Clifford H. Ray, Fulshear, TX (US);
Glenn D. Fisseler, Houston, TX (US);
Roger L. Fyffe, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Fairchild Industries, Inc., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A deployment method and system for ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) includes providing a plurality of circular shaped, wireless, self-contained OBS units. The circular shaped OBS units are loaded into a carrier and transported from a surface vessel to the ocean floor where a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is utilized to individually place the plurality of circular OBS units on the ocean floor. Placement of each OBS unit is accomplished by utilizing suction mechanism attached to a robotic arm. The suction mechanism is defined about an axis and employs a suction cup to individually engage each circular shaped OBS unit so that the suction mechanism is coaxially aligned with the OBS unit, and move the OBS unit from a first location to the ocean floor.